Hamas security forces opened fire Monday at a rally by the rival Fatah movement commemorating Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Six people were killed in the bloodiest day of intra-Palestinian fighting since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June.
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Hizbollah rhetoric fans fire of crisis
Lebanon’s Hizbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week’s election.
Read More »Syria likely invitee to US peace conference – Rice
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday it was likely that Syria would be invited to an upcoming Middle East peace conference in the United States.
Read More »Peace meeting historic opportunity – Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday hailed a “historic opportunity†for peace as his people marked the third anniversary of the death of his iconic predecessor Yasser Arafat.
Read More »Turkey detains 8 freed soldiers – sources
Turkey’s military has detained and brought charges against the eight Turkish soldiers recently released by Kurdish separatists for disobeying orders that have facilitated “catastropheâ€, military sources said on Sunday.
Read More »â€˜Italy plans road in compensation deal’
Italy is planning to build a motorway across Libya as part of compensation for colonial wrongs under a deal it is negotiating with Tripoli, the Libyan news agency Jana reported on Sunday.
Read More »3 shot in Gaza clashes with Hamas
Three demonstrators were shot and wounded on Sunday in a clash with Hamas police in Gaza during an event to mark the third anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death, medical sources said.
Read More »Possible Turkey-Iran-Syria-Russia Alliance
The Middle East has acquired immense strategic value as one of the determining fulcrums in the global balance of power due to its being the world’s largest known storehouse of low-cost energy supplies. The region’s geopolitical importance, the kaleidoscopic nature of politics among its states, the presence of volatile social …
Read More »Rest of Iranian Diplomats to Be Released Soon
Tehran quoted head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) Abdel Aziz Hakim as saying that three of its diplomats still kept in US captivity will be released in the near future.
Read More »Iraq-Turkey Border Problems Resolved
Advisor to the head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) said Baghdad and Ankara have settled their recent border problems caused by a series of attacks launched against Turkey by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from inside its bases in northern Iraq.
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